Well, hell. Vernor Vinge has died.

Some years back he read some of my sci-fi stories (specifically my first novel) and suggested that I could/should get published. Turns out he was wrong on that score (couldn’t get any agent to actually read the damn thing), but for a brief moment a pro gave me hope.

Vernor Vinge, science fiction writer and creator of the concept of the technological singularity, has died at the age of 79.